Women's Volleyball

GREENWOOD, IN -Defiance College ran its win
streak to 10-straight after a 3-0 week. The Yellow Jackets
(21-5, 7-0 HCAC) swept Anderson and Rose-Hulman to move one win
away from the school's first ever HCAC volleyball title.

Junior setter Alicia Kalik (South Lyon,
Mich/H.S.) became the all-time career assists leader in
Defiance College history with 2,703. On Wednesday, Kalik totaled 26
assists in DC's sweep of Anderson on Senior Night. Then in
Saturday's match with Rose-Hulman, Kalik combined for 27 assists
and 18 digs in the crucial 3-0 win. Kalik then came out and set the
new DC record, after a 40-assist game in a four-set victory over
Illinois Wesleyan.

Senior Chelsea Ludeman (Napoleon, Ohio/H.S.)
was also tremendous during the week. Ludeman totaled 30 digs
and 10 total blocks, to go along with her 34 kills during the
week.

Defiance can clinch a share of its first ever HCAC title with a
win at Bluffton Wednesday night. The win would also lock up
the top seed in next week's HCAC tournament. DC will close
the regular season at Hanover Saturday.

In other action...

Transylvania (20-11, 6-1 HCAC) locked up a spot in the HCAC
tournament with a 3-1 win over Mount St. Joseph Wednesday
evening. The Pioneers closed out the weekend going 3-1 at the
Millikin Invitational. Junior libero Erin
Hoffmann(Louisville, Ky./Eastern) earned a spot on the
Millikin All-Tournament team, totaling 57 digs during the four
match tournament. TU will close the regular season schedule against
Earlham and Bluffton this week.

Hanover (14-13, 5-2 HCAC) saw its win streak reach five-straight
following a pair of league wins. The Panthers earned a 3-0
sweep over Franklin and beat Anderson 3-1 to clinch a spot in the
HCAC tournament. Senior Kylie Justus (Crawfordsville,
Ind./H.S.) totaled 43 digs and three aces in two matches,
averaging 6.1 digs per set. Hanover will play host to Mount
St. Joseph and Defiance this week.

Mount St. Joseph also locked up a tourney bid over the
weekend. The Lions (14-16, 5-2 HCAC) earned the bid thanks to
a 3-0 win over Franklin. MSJ will face Hanover and Earlham
this week.

Two spots remain open in the race for a HCAC tourney
berth. Bluffton (12-16, 4-3 HCAC) can clinch with a win over
Defiance or Transylvania or a single Anderson loss.
Rose-Hulman (13-17, 3-4 HCAC) can earn a spot in the field with a
win over Franklin Wednesday. Franklin (14-13, 2-5 HCAC) can
enter the tourney picture with a pair of wins over Rose-Hulman and
Anderson this week, while Anderson (7-17, 2-5 HCAC) can stay alive
with wins over Manchester and Franklin.